The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

Dr. Mollie Cohen’s 2024 book, None of the Above, now available through open access, was selected as the 2025 winner of the 2025 David O. Sears Best Book on Mass Politics Award. #ISPP2025 #PoliticalScience @mjcohen.bsky.social @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social Access here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Excited to be part of this collection! Very grateful to @mollyscudder.bsky.social and Michael Neblo for putting this together. #poltheory #philsky

Special issue on Democratic Listening forthcoming @polcommjournal.bsky.social. 9 excellent articles using experimental, observational, & philosophical methods to study this key component of political comm. Check out the TOC + intro essay by Michael Neblo & myself: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe." But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment. 1/

Looking forward to discussing Eric Mackey’s excellent paper today at the WPSA Political Theory Virtual Community!

Political theorists: Purdue is doing a cluster hire for Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), which will include lines in Political Science. Materials are due Jan 25. I am not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions! careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...